Nic Purcell Article

Nic Purcell is the undrafted OL the Eagles added after a tryout at rookie camp. Chip Kelly recruited him to Oregon, but due to a strange ruling by the NCAA (do they get anything right?) Purcell wasn’t eligible to play D-I football.

We don’t know if Purcell is ready for the NFL, but he’ll do everything in his power to make it. He’s a worker and has made himself into a legit NFL prospect.

By then, Purcell had built himself into a 305-pound giant. He loved working out. Eddie Steele, Golden West’s strength and conditioning coordinator, opened a gym not far from campus and Purcell spent hours there. In fact he was so diligent about his workouts, arriving before 6 a.m., Steele finally gave him a key, telling the player to get started in case Steele couldn’t get there in time.

In the evenings, Purcell and a small group of workout partners ran a hill that went down to the Pacific Ocean. The hill is steep, yet they pushed to run it over and over. They lifted more weights. They pushed cars.